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Unit 01 > Textbook Study > Key to Book Exercises
Listening and Speaking1.Self-image is the way you see yourself, what is your 1) attitude towards yourself, how do you think about yourself. Self-image is built 2) on the basis of your beliefs and convictions regarding yourself, on the 3) positive and negative traits of character. 4) Self-esteem is not the way you really are or the way other people think you are; it is the way you THINK YOU ARE. Not all people think about you the same way, you imagine they think. Self-esteem is your 5) subjective point of view about yourself. It is built little by little from the day of your birth and can be changed 6) consciously or unconsciously. Often unconscious changes lead to the worse. Why? Because people 7) have got used to noticing bad and negative things more often than good and positive ones. Because the society is negative in its major part. Everything good is 8) taken for granted. People focus on negative obstacles more often, they struggle against bad, and it leads to the integration of bad ideas into the 9) subconscious mind. And as a result it influences the 10) self-appraisal. Self-image is formed on the basis of your daily thoughts and actions in various situations. 2. Tips§ Your self-image is the set of ideas you have about your own qualities and abilities. § The factors which determine a person’s self-image include parental influences, social roles, self-evaluation, friends, the media, etc. Text AReading Comprehension1.A. The background | Good-looking people have advantages in many ways. | | What can the rest of us do? | | To judge our looks 1) by ourselves, friends or family a. We’re not even close to objective. b. Our opinion is also capricious. 2) by strangers，e.g., the “Hot or Not” Web site It is not exactly the best way to bolster your self-image. | | An internal makeover does the job: Understanding your own powerful self-perceptions can help you stop obsessing over your appearance - and look better. |
B. Common myths | Arguments for the author’s major point | 1) As a result of the “contrast Effect”, our self-concepts are built on thousands of comparisons. | a. Women are particularly susceptible to this effect. But as a matter of fact they take a double standard: an idealized standard of beauty in terms of physical attractiveness; a more mundane standard in terms of intelligence. b. One who scores high on “public self-consciousness” judges his or her own appearancemore critically when self-aware. They tend to compare themselves exclusively with very good-looking people — and feel especially down after doing so. | 2) A picture of ourselves built in childhood is hard to get out of our minds in adulthood. | a. Our “internal mirrors” are often shaped by our parents. b. There’s no direct line between childhood experiences and adult self-image. |
C. Once you let go of that self-consciousness, you can interact without it getting in the way. 2.A. · 2) our opinion of our own looks
· 3) self-appraisal
· 4) self-image · 5) self-judgment
· 6) self-concept
· 7) self-aware · 8) self-consciousness
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